Gremlins 2: The New Batch (ENGLISH)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Jerry Goldsmith). The soundtrack of Gremlins 2 supposes an insipid enough repetition of the first part of Gremlins. The best themes continue being the ones already listened in the first 1984 movie, with new ones that does not specially stand out. The component of terror that was abounding in the first movie and in Goldsmith's score gets lost in this second part in favor to accentuate the comedy, which reduces the dramatic quality that was present in the first part.

The second parts always have the problematics of surprising with original themes, and, in this case, it turns out to be bored for counting with main themes already known and few innovations worth being highlighted. In spite of it, it is welcome that Varèse continues releasing expanded editions for soundtracks from the past and, though it is late, it compensates for the not publication of this music in the original edition of the soundtrack.

The expanded edition takes advantage of the 25th anniversary of the movie to be published, reaching 39 minutes more than the original soundtrack. The expanded score and a few bonus tracks brief and slightly insipid shape this anniversary edition.